Chieftain of All Progressives Congress(APC) and a political leader in Southern Senatorial District of Ondo State, Chief Olusola Oke has offered to provide the kind of leadership the people need for socio-economic emancipation.
He disclosed this on Sunday while speaking with journalists in Akure, the state capital, on the forthcoming gubernatorial election in the state.
Oke, a Senior Advocate, noted that the kind of governor the people of the state need is one with vision and commitment to service the people.
He emphasised that the leadership of APC, particularly President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, would not impose anyone on the party as a standard bearer without considering the popularity, capability and acceptability of such person to the people of the state who would elect the next governor.
According to him, “Ondo State needs a leader with vision, direction with sense of commitment not coming to fill any gap but to serve the people.
“What I’m looking for now is legacy because, whether we like it or not, Ondo State is in its state of war at this moment and the people need a dogged and government fighter with a mission, direction and vision who will be able to change the narrative of our dear state.
“I believe that government can open opportunity towards tapping our minerals resources, which will even generated employment that will reduce criminality in our society and even generated income for our people. So the state is in its total state of collapse.
“I had all my education in the rural area, I am a part of the people, I understand their suffering, I had suffered a lot with them. My involvement in the recent accident had nothing to do other than bad road. So, having suffered with them, I believe I am the right man for the job.
“The next governor of Ondo State must be a determined and focused person that will ready to do the work and others. My dream and mission for Ondo state is that we cannot continue to wait in the same manner for another four years.
“Unless we change the directions, narratives and others we cannot move forward in this state, and I am the right man for the job. We need to take Ondo state to the level of riches and God has given us all everything that we need. So it is in our interest for society to grow, for development to be in Ondo State and when all these things happen we will all be the beneficiaries.
“All our problems didn’t start with APC government, it’s being there. Olusegun Agagu came in to addressed some of those problems. And let me say that everybody running for governorship position has his own ideas, dream and mission to governance and such person will want to go according to his understanding and philosophy of development and others.
“No doubt, governorship of a state is no longer an internal affair of a state, the leadership of the party, and the leadership of the country will also be interested. If this contest were to be influenced or to be determined alone locally, I belief very strongly that the people of Ondo State are craving for my leadership of this state.
“And I want to believe that I know President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is one man that will never sit down in the comfort of his office or private room to drop a candidate or an aspirant of the party, he would consider acceptability, popularity, capacity and other factors to make the party to win and excell in governance.
“I am confident that when all these factors are put on the table, I would be the most qualified person among others aspirants. Also the status of the aspirants, the thoughts, the perception of the people about each and every one of us would be put into consideration.
So, I believe very strongly that what will determine the next governor of Ondo State would be your antecedent, level of your acceptability to the people and contribution to the party.
“I know that what I’m doing to secure the confidence of the leaders is putting my virtues on their table and I am aware of the fact that if am given the party ticket today, there would not be opposition parties in Ondo State. The PDP will rally their support for me, the Labour Party will do the same thing and the return would be very massive.
“Ondo State election is very critical to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration, he knows that we must not just win but win very well and they know that in this aspiration, it is Oke and others and I am very sure that I will win this election.”
